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Table of Contents 1 Introduction........................................................................................................................7 2 Calling Up the Catalog Using the SRM Server ..............................................................8

2.1 Settings in the SRM Server ......................................................................................9 2.2 URL of the Product Catalog .....................................................................................9

2.2.1 Parameters.........................................................................................................9 2.2.2 Return URL ........................................................................................................9 2.3 Additional Functions in the Product Catalog.........................................................10 2.3.1 Detailed Display of a Product or Service.......................................................10 2.3.2 Validation of a Product ....................................................................................10 2.3.3 Sourcing/Product Search ................................................................................11 2.3.4 Background Search.........................................................................................11 2.4 Overview of the Call-Up Parameters .....................................................................11 3 Return from Catalog .......................................................................................................12 3.1 Use of the Call-Up Parameters from Section 2.4 .................................................13 3.2 Fields and Field Checks .........................................................................................14 3.2.1 Required and Optional Fields.........................................................................15 3.2.2 Product Numbers.............................................................................................15 3.2.3 Configurable Products.....................................................................................16 3.2.4 External Product Categories...........................................................................16 3.2.5 Introduction of New fields to enable transfer of Item Hierarchy to SRM.....16 3.2.6 Introduction of Inbound Handler and Outbound Handler .............................17 3.2.7 Introduction of Portal Navigation while transferring data to SRM................18 3.2.8 Customer-Specific Extensions in the OCI .....................................................18 3.3 XML Variant of the OCI...........................................................................................18 4 Handling of the Browser Window ..................................................................................19 5 Secure OCI......................................................................................................................19 5.1 Launching Catalog with Secure OCI .....................................................................19 5.1.1 Initial Handshake .............................................................................................20 5.1.2 Response to backend call...............................................................................20 5.2 Return from catalog.................................................................................................21 5.2.1 Initiate backend call.........................................................................................21 5.3 Enablement of Secure OCI for catalogs................................................................22 6 Enhancements in OCI 5.0 for Mass Upload .................................................................22

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